<p>*This may be different in your school but I am only talking about OK as that is the one I know about, and the OP asked about OK in her post. In OK (where my kids go to school so I do know what the fees are) public Us the fees are per credit hour and are almost as much again as tuition. It varies by which college within the school - engineering the fees are maybe $4-5 less per hour than instate tuition costs, Arts and Sciences they are about $15-$20 less. At the big Us they run into thousands of dollars a year, not $500 to $600. As I said in my post, almost as much again as the tuition. Individual course fees such as labs and fiels trips are in addition to the fees I am talking about.</p>
<p>I think they are a way to get round any limitations placed on tuition increases. And of course the full tuition waivers do not usually cover these fees so when the tuition and fees increase the tuition is covered for full waiver scholars, but not the fees. Last year they considered not increasing tuition but increasing fees . Fortunately that did not happen.</p>
<p>OP - For the full tuition waivers in OK your son would probably need to be a NMF if he is OOS. The other full tuition waivers mostly waiver OOS tuition but not the instate for OOS students. *</p>
<p>Wow…so OK is getting to be like Massachusetts with huge fees. Do you mean a “university fee” charged by the number of credits or “course fees” which are extra fees charged by the type of course it is…like a physics lab fee? </p>
<p>*For the full tuition waivers in OK your son would probably need to be a NMF if he is OOS. The other full tuition waivers mostly waiver OOS tuition but not the instate for OOS students. *</p>
<p>And…U of OK has reduced its NMF scholarship value over the years. It used to include housing and nearly all tuition costs (OOS portion and instate)…now it covers only OOS portion of tuition and a small amount towards housing. </p>
<p>You’re right, for “non-NMF” top stats students, the scholarship doesn’t cover the instate part…only the OOS part. <a href=“http://www.ou.edu/content/dam/recruitment/Downloads/2010.11%20FR%20Scholarship%20Descriptions.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ou.edu/content/dam/recruitment/Downloads/2010.11%20FR%20Scholarship%20Descriptions.pdf</a> </p>
<p>so a student would still have to pay instate rate (about $8k per year) plus room, board and books…about $17k per year. [Cost</a> and Financial Aid - OU Prospective Students - The University of Oklahoma](<a href=“http://www.ou.edu/content/go2/home/cost.html]Cost”>http://www.ou.edu/content/go2/home/cost.html)</p>
<p>You’d be better off having your son go to a school that covers all tuition (including any OOS costs), and then only have to pay for room, board and books.</p>